End of financial year warning for pensions

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Now that the 2023/24 financial year is coming to a close, it will be necessary for individuals receiving pensions from their SMSFs, to ensure that the minimum pension requirement in

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Centrelink incomes test – “Free Income Area” amount for 2024/25

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The income free areas applying for 2024/25 financial year are $212 (single – previously $204) and $372 (couple combined – previously $360). The income free area is the amount of

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Catch-up contributions – are they for you?

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This article considers the application of the “catch-up” contribution provisions: When they can be made? How much can be made? What happens if an excess of “catch up” contributions are

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Death bed benefit withdrawals

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What are they? Death bed benefit withdrawals is a poignant description of the situation where a member of a superannuation fund makes a request to withdrawal their superannuation benefit as

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2024/25 key super thresholds

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1. Concessional Contribution Cap – $30,000 (previously 23/24 financial year was $27,500) Concessional contributions are superannuation contributions in respect of which a tax deduction has been claimed whether those contributions

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OK to make a deductible super contribution then cash out?

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This very issue was the subject of a recent private binding ruling (released 25 March 2024). The taxpayer had for a number of years (actual number was redacted in the

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Two significant changes have been made to the Work Bonus scheme

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Two significant changes have been made to the Work Bonus scheme. These changes apply from 1 January 2024. The first change is that an initial credit of $4,000 will be

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Adult children as tax free dependants

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With an increasing number of elderly parents living with their adult children, is it possible that an adult child of a deceased parent could, on the death of the parent,

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Downsizing and net sale proceeds: Parton’s Case

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A couple sold their home and the net proceeds were not entirely used for a new home: The Tribunal held that any amount of the net sale proceeds not used

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Personal transfer balance caps – view now on MyGov

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Any super fund member who has commenced an account-based pension since 1 July 2017 (even if the pension has been entirely rolled back to accumulation phase or cashed out) can

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